Uber (Communications Senior Associate)

Uber started out to solve a simple problem: the need to get a ride across town. Six years and one billion trips later, we’ve stumbled upon something a bit bigger: a new way to help tackle congestion—one of the most serious challenges cities face today. Using technology, Uber makes it quick and easy for people headed in the same direction at the same time to share their journey. It’s carpooling at the press of a button. And by getting more people into fewer cars we’ve proven you can reduce congestion and pollution overtime. uber POOL in Los Angeles, for example, cut the number of kilometers driven across town by 12.7 million and carbon dioxide pollution by 1,400 metric tons in just eight months.

Job Title: Communications Senior Associate, West AfricaDescription
We are looking for someone to work on our communications team in West Africa, based in Lagos. This role, will involve:

Supporting Uber communications in West Africa;

Establishing Uber’s brand and profile with the media and third parties; and

Working to tell our story—and the story of ride sharing—in creative, inspiring ways that resonate with journalists and on social media.

Responsibilities

A self starter: Uber is a company of entrepreneurs and we want to work with people who enjoy building things from the bottom up too. Stuff changes fast in our world so you’ll need to be highly adaptable as well as calm under pressure;

A great advocate: We’re looking for people who can distill complex ideas into simple, but intellectually credible, arguments. You’ll need to write well and have the creative ability to tell stories—about our product, people and the ways we’re helping to improve life for passengers, drivers and cities.

A strong campaigner: Smartphone apps are disruptive, and the interests being disrupted are deeply entrenched. We succeed by putting together effective campaigns with third parties on behalf of the passengers and drivers who use the app.

That means you’ll have a bias for action in everything you do—and a willingness to engage in debates, that can often become heated.

A team player: Success at Uber depends on the ability to organize different teams (internally and externally) around shared goals.

It’s why we’re looking for well organized people who enjoy working with others to get stuff done—and who can deal with the ambiguity that sometimes comes from working cross-functionally.

Requirement

Ideally you would have 5+ years communications experience.

But we’re open to people with experience in other walks of life (e.g. marketing, journalism, the law), who intuitively get this stuff and are interested in pursuing a different career.